As
the Internet and mobile communications become more integrated into reporters'
work, the digital threats to journalists' work and safety have increased as
well. While many press reports have documented Internet surveillance and
censorship--and the efforts to combat them--mobile communications are the new
frontline for journalist security.

Stop the bleeding. It's a critical and
fundamental step in aiding a journalist or anyone wounded in conflict. Hemorrhage
is the number one preventable death on the battlefield. And yet large numbers
of journalists covering wars and political unrest all across the world are
untrained in this life-saving skill. It doesn't need to be that way.

Not since the worst period of the Iraq war, or in the
Balkans the decade before, have so many storied journalists been killed or seriously
injured in such a short period of time. Inevitably, the spate of deaths leaves
many journalists asking questions about whether and how much they are willing
to risk their own lives, and possibly the lives of others. Many experienced
journalists might agree on one thing: the decisions one makes about risk are
among the most intimate decisions they will ever make.